Mine detail: Taylor North-1

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Location: Cotton County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.1879, -98.32228
dep_id: 10021944
mrds_id: DE01734
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Malachite
gangue: Shale
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: Secondary Water
ore_ctrl: Reducing Environment, Stratigraphic
Reporter: Fay, Robert O.
hrock_unit: Wellington Formation Or Claypool Formation
hrock_type: Shale
arock_unit: Wellington Formation Or Claypool Formation
arock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Low Monoclinal Dip To Sw Less Than 10 Ft/Mi Off Of Waurika-Muenster Arch, A Local Fault, Striking Wnw, Passes Just S. Of The Outcrop, With Upside To S.
tectonic: Interior Basin; Deltaic Red Bed Margin
disc_yr: 1942
discr: Merritt And Ham (1942)
References:
  • Deposit:: MUNN, M.J., 1914, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 547, 83 P.
  • Deposit:: WEGEMANN, C.H., 1915, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 602, 108 P.
  • Deposit:: HAVENS, J.S., 1977, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND OGS, HYDROLOGIC ATLAS 6.
  • Deposit:: MERRITT, C.A., AND HAM, W.E., 1942, COTTON CO., OKLAHOMA, SHEET 566, OGS FILE
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